Kennebunk Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with the look ahead for our little stretch of coast, Kennebunk Beach. Let me tell you, there’s nothing going on right now and there’s nothing good in the pipeline. It’s a total washout. The water’s hanging around 66°F which is about 2°F warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only thing that’s slightly off the mark.

We start off now and there’s just nothing. Tuesday afternoon, the 25th, you’re looking at a tiny 1ft of slop from the southeast with a period of 11 seconds, but it’s cross-onshore and the energy reading is a weak 59. The forecast calls it poor surf, and it ain’t worth paddling out for. The whole week is the same story: tiny waves, bad wind, and every day is tagged as poor surf conditions. We’ve got a solid stretch of over a week where there is no recommendation worth making. The swell is just nowhere.

There is one little moment that catches the eye, but it’s not for a good surf. On the morning of Saturday, the 29th, we get a glassy calm for a second. The wind goes to zero, the water gets smooth. But the swell is only 2ft from the southeast with a period of 8 seconds, and the energy is a weak 61. It’s flat, clean, and flat again. Not enough to ride.

Then we have a couple of mornings in early September that show some offshore, clean wind. On Tuesday, the 1st of September, you get a 1.0ft swell with a 14-second period from the southeast. The wind is off and clean, but that swell is so weak it’s barely a bump. The energy is only 35 and 40. On Wednesday the 2nd, same deal: 2ft from the southeast, 12 seconds, clean offshore wind. But again, the energy is weak at 87. It’s clean enough to look at, but there’s no power behind it.

The only real pulse in the entire 16-day window shows up later. On Wednesday the 9th of September, we get a morning with 3ft of swell from the east-southeast with a 9-second period, and the energy jumps to a moderate 165. The wind is cross-shore from the west-northwest. In the afternoon, it picks up a touch more, 3ft, 10 seconds, energy of 179. That’s the biggest energy reading of the whole outlook, but it’s still cross-onshore and choppy. It’s not what you’d call a standout, just the biggest ripple in a pond of flat.

So there it is. A 16-day blank run. We had no good surf options at all. The whole forecast is a bust. The spot is sheltered and just not catching any juice. It happens here. When the Atlantic goes quiet, it stays quiet for a while. Don’t hang your wetsuit up yet, forecasts can flip, but for now, it’s a paddling pool.

Rusty.

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